John Hart Lake
50.0464° N, 125.3728° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)John Hart Lake, British Columbia. 50.0464° N, 125.3728° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/bc/john-hart-lake/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- Known BC Fish Observations and BC Fish Distributions, Government of British Columbia. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
- Wildlife Management Units, Government of British Columbia. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
- Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
John Hart Lake covers 3.25 km², making it larger than 88% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia. It lies 6.7 km northwest of Campbell River.
Government surveys have recorded 9 fish species here, including rainbow trout, cutthroat trout and coastal cutthroat trout.
- Area
- 3.25 km²
- larger than 88% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Shoreline
- 22.5 km
- longer than 93% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Fish species
- 9
- more than 91% of the 2,793 surveyed lakes in British Columbia
- Elevation
- 152 m
Today on the water
12.1 °C
Observed at Campbell River, as of 12:00 a.m. PDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.3 m. Around 1 a.m., wind from the southeast: the southeast shore is sheltered, waves build toward the northwest shore.
| Time | 1 a.m. | 4 a.m. | 7 a.m. | 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | SE 30 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 30 | NW 30 | NW 30 | NW 30 | NW 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 40 | ||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||
| Temp. °C | 12 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 |
| Precip. % | 100 | 100 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Increasing cloudiness. Rain beginning after midnight. Wind becoming southeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 except gusting to 70 near the Strait of Georgia after midnight. Wind becoming northwest 20. Low 11.
Weather: Campbell River (local forecast), as of 12:01 a.m. PDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:01 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:34 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:42 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:14 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:34 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:02 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Comox Valley, as of 12:00 a.m. PDT
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Fish
Sport fish by the share of the 103 government surveys (1951–2016) that recorded them.
Forage fish and other species (3)
- Threespine Stickleback 15
- Prickly Sculpin 9
- Coastrange Sculpin 1
Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.
Fishing regulations: Region 1 – Vancouver Island. Check seasons and limits before you fish.
Follow this lake
Every Friday by email: the Environment Canada forecast and any weather alerts in effect.